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5,229 videos from 45 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

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ContentAny Made for learners Real-world content Science & ideas (1,820)Entertainment (1,125)Podcasts (850)Talk shows (446)

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86/10015:26AUTOJason Segel on His Surprise Marriage Proposal & Harrison Ford Telling Him He Has a Nice PenisB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

86/1009:46AUTOWhich Fire-Rated Assembly Handles Everything Better?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

86/1002:51:00AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2429 - Tom SeguraB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

86/10025:20'Dad Rock' and how we keep computers from ruining stuffB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

86/1003:20:07AUTOSessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastAcquired

86/10032:17Inside London's Smallest ApartmentsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

86/10028:25World’s Deadliest Obstacle Course!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

86/1008:07AUTONick DiGiovanni Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB1-C2 · ~4,000 words · very fastWIRED

86/1009:49AUTOWhy I Wear This Shirt More Than Anything ElseB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastEssential Craftsman

86/10053:04Why Are there Holes in the James Webb Sunshield? (Explained by My Dad) - Smarter Every Day 270B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

86/10010:00In 10 Minutes This Room Will Explode!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

86/10013:41Your Extinct Cousin LOVED Eating GrassC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastSciShow

86/10041:3930 Celebrities Fight For $1,000,000!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

86/10038:53Entering Libya | Africa's Most Dangerous CountryB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

86/10028:57AUTOInside Orlando Bravo’s Private Equity Playbook: How to Build a Top FirmB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

86/1008:27A bad reason YouTube demonetizes contentB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

86/10019:32You Had A Cell That Was Larger Than A BedsheetB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastSciShow

86/10015:30I Helped 2,000 People Walk AgainB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

86/10028:46A Day in the Life of the World's Shortest ManB1-C1 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

86/1003:05:40AUTOHow to Grow From Doing Hard Things | Michael EasterB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

86/10039:35Survive 100 Days In Prison, Win $500,000B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

86/10032:20Survive 100 Days In Nuclear Bunker, Win $500,000B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

86/1002:34:48AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2424 - Jelly RollB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

86/10012:25AUTObenny blanco & Dave Burd (Lil Dicky) on Arguing About Marinades, benny’s Dirty Feet & New PodcastB1-C2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

English channels, ranked

ChannelsAny Made for learners Real-world content

Ranked by median difficulty, easiest first. The bar is a range, not a label — a channel typically spans a wide stretch of the scale, so one level would be false for its own hardest videos.

#	Channel	Level range (0–100)	Median	Vocabulary range	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	TED-Ed	27–91	50	B2-C2	medium	192	19 h
2	National Geographic	27–89	57	B2-C2	medium	65	81 h
3	TED	22–87	58	B1-C2	fast	69	16 h
4	Essential Craftsman	33–87	63	B1-C2	fast	137	39 h
5	Real Engineering	47–86	64	C1-C2	fast	76	30 h
6	Technology Connections	56–90	67	B2-C2	fast	89	47 h
7	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell	13–88	68	B2-C2	fast	60	13 h
8	Veritasium	48–92	69	B2-C2	fast	118	56 h
9	Lex Fridman	27–89	70	B1-C1	fast	127	377 h
10	StarTalk	40–91	70	B2-C2	fast	109	98 h
11	Acquired	33–91	71	B2-C2	fast	86	221 h
12	Yes Theory	28–87	72	B1-B2	fast	90	48 h
13	ColdFusion	55–86	72	B2-C2	fast	118	38 h
14	Vox	43–90	72	B2-C2	fast	93	51 h
15	First We Feast	39–97	72	B1-C1	fast	122	41 h
16	Andrew Huberman	45–95	74	B2-C2	fast	145	238 h
17	Practical Engineering	59–89	75	B2-C2	fast	142	41 h
18	Johnny Harris	49–90	75	B2-C2	fast	117	62 h
19	Wendover Productions	52–91	76	B2-C2	fast	129	47 h
20	SciShow	55–96	76	B2-C2	fast	197	48 h
21	Jimmy Kimmel Live	36–87	76	B1-C1	fast	196	42 h
22	WIRED	26–91	77	B1-C2	fast	73	28 h
23	Vanity Fair	38–91	78	B1-C1	fast	96	28 h
24	The Diary Of A CEO	38–92	79	B1-C2	fast	152	316 h
25	All-In Podcast	45–90	81	B2-C2	fast	132	143 h
26	PowerfulJRE	40–90	81	B1-C1	very fast	99	269 h
27	Matt Risinger	55–92	83	B2-C2	very fast	140	54 h
28	Doug DeMuro	65–90	83	B1-C2	very fast	141	100 h
29	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	40–89	84	B1-C1	very fast	32	6 h
30	Drew Binsky	40–97	85	B1-C1	very fast	132	72 h
31	SmarterEveryDay	59–91	86	B1-C2	very fast	54	32 h
32	Adam Ragusea	24–96	87	B2-C2	very fast	186	54 h
33	Marques Brownlee	53–92	87	B2-C2	very fast	127	28 h
34	MrBeast	75–94	87	B1-B2	very fast	92	34 h
35	This Old House	58–94	88	B1-C2	very fast	90	46 h
36	Mark Rober	72–95	89	B2-C2	very fast	43	15 h
37	Joshua Weissman	64–96	90	B2-C2	very fast	117	45 h
38	3Blue1Brown	80–94	91	B2-C2	very fast	58	24 h

The vocabulary range is each channel’s own spread, not a single verdict: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary starts at the lower level or above and stays at the upper one or below. Its top end tracks how far the rare words reach, so a channel devoted to one subject sits high on it without being hard to follow — the median score is the column that answers that.

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